Hormone Disrupting Chemicals

The Best Sunscreens To Use -- And Lose

Mindy Pennybacker | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Top Green Sunscreens, Ewg 2011 Sunscreen Report, Nontoxic Sunblocks, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Toxic Sunscreen Chemicals, Mineral Sunblocks, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Beauty and Skin, Green Sunscreen, Healthy Living News
Mindy Pennybacker

Even if you aren't a beach goer and you don't live in a sunny state like Hawaii, which I call home, you're still in danger -- perhaps more so!

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I'm Sorry to Say it, but I was Right About BPA: It IS Dangerous!

Carla Wise | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Estrogens, Bpa, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Polycarbonate Plastic, Bisphenol A, Green News
Carla Wise

Its usually great to be right. But not this time. Four years ago, I began warning people about bisphenol A (BPA), a primary ingredient in polycarbon...

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FDA Still Dragging Its Feet on Triclosan

Sarah Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Breast Cancer, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Prostate Cancer, Fda, Triclosan, Green News
Sarah Janssen

Surveys of the U.S. population from ages six to over 65 have found residues of triclosan -- marketed as reducing the growth of harmful bacteria -- in over three-quarters of people.

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Petroleum in Perfume

Stacy Malkan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Fragrances, Calvin Klein Eternity, Halle Berry, Britney Spears, Oil Spill, Jennifer Lopez, Gulf, Men's Fragrances, Women's Health, Hannah Montana, Abercrombie & Fitch, Toxins, Toxic Chemicals, Hormone Disrupting Chemicals, Allergies, Green News
Stacy Malkan

You may notice it in the funny, unpleasant feeling you get when standing in an enclosed space with somebody who is wearing too much perfume. If so, you're not alone.

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Cans: A Source Of BPA

Wendy Gordon | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Bpa, Bisphenol A, Cans, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Plastic Bottles, Health, Healthy Living News
Wendy Gordon

Most people are probably exposed to more BPA from eating canned food or drinking canned soda than from drinking out of a polycarbonate bottle.

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Chemicals In Everyday Products Turning Boys Into Girls?

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Toys, Pesticides, Sunscreen, Parabens, Boys, Dioxin, Defra, Healthy Child Healthy World, Toxins, Girls, Toxic Chemicals, Stainless Steel, Organic Food, Plastic, Hormone-Disrupting-Chemicals, Cancer, Phthalates, Health, Healthy Living News
Christopher Gavigan

A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers from gender bending chemicals in everyday products.

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Keep the Gifts Under the Tree Toxics-Free

Nena Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Toys R US, Toys, Lead, Children's Jewlery, Children Lead, healthytoys.org, Phthalates Children's Toys, Trouble in Toyland, Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals, Chemicals, Painted Toys, Phtalates, Toxins, Pirg, Green News
Nena Baker

A group called HealthyToys.org tested 1500 toys this year and found 20 percent of them contained lead, with children's jewelry leading the most contaminated category.

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